May 10, 2004 • 1 min read

FA pick Farm track for England song

The Football Association has chosen a DJ Spoony remix of The Farm's 'All Together Now' as the official England song for Euro 2004, with Peter Hooton calling it a fantastic honour.

The Football Association have picked their official song for the England team for Euro 2004. The bad news - it's not the track especially created for the tournament by Christian O'Connell's breakfast show on Xfm. The good news - it's not a Blazin Squad track either.

The official track is a DJ Spoony remix of the Farm classic 'All Together Now' complete with extra vocals from a Liverpudlian boys choir! Spoony has played the track on his Radio 1 show - but we missed it, so God knows what it sounds like. All we know is Spoony introduced the track by saying: "The song is a classic and I'm a massive England fan, so when the FA asked me to get involved, I couldn't believe my luck."

The Farm's Peter Hooton, who originally wrote the song about that famous British/German football match that took place during a Christmas Day truce during World War One, told reporters this weekend: "The fact that the greatest game in the world had momentarily united the soldiers was the reason I wanted to capture the spirit of that day in the lyrics. It's a fantastic honour to have our song chosen to be the official England anthem."

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